The video I posted was primarily a joke. But after reading some of the responses posted on Youtube, as well those already posted here, I would like to make a serious comment. I do not believe that either John McCain OR Barrack Obama is the right man to lead our nation in these troubled times. Unfortunately, they're the only choices we have, and one of them will be the new leader of our nation. It's not a choice any of us should take lightly.
The upcoming election is unquestionably the most important election our nation has faced in it's 250 or so years of existence. There are things going on today, right here in America, that fifty years ago would only have been seen in totalitarian states such as China and the USSR. One comment at You tube read:
"After living in the Soviet Union for sometime, and seeing all of these children singing for their, "Dear Leader." I'm pretty scared about the coming election. Anybody who has seen the videos of the little pre-schoolers singing know what I'm talking about. You only see this in Socialist countries such as:
china
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
North Korea
and if you have read 1984, there's stuff similar to this in the book by George Orwell"
He's right. And yes, kid's singing doesn't seem to be a big deal. But it's that mindset that's being instilled in the kids, and those of us that think it's "no big deal," that's dangerous. It may be funny watching a video about Barrack Obama set to the old Soviet Union national anthem, but absurdities have a way of becoming realities. Who would have believed the "Patriot Act" could ever have become reality in America? But it did, and now Big Brother is watching ...and listening... constantly. It's now a "hate crime" to express your own opinion on many issues. Rights and Freedoms are being taken away in the name of national security. What did Benjamin Franklin say? "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Now our government is poised to seize ownership of banks and businesses as part of the Bailout package. What's next? Socialism isn't coming; it's here. And this at the hands of a Republican that "claimed" to be conservative (I say "claimed" because Bush is neither Republican OR conservative, although he rode that lie into office)? How much WORSE will it get under a man that makes no apologies for his Socialist leanings? I seriously wish we had a credible third choice, because I see nothing but pain under either of these two jokers.
Take this as you like, and I won't be adding more to it no matter how much you flame. But it's your future. Think about it.
To those brave Americans who fought and died in the World Wars, and in Korea, and in Vietnam, and in the Gulf in defense of freedom, I apologize for what we are about to do.